Proverbs 23:11
for their Protector is powerful and he will plead their case against you.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
In Context
10Don't move ancient boundary markers, and don't encroach on fields belonging to orphans,
12Focus your mind on instruction; listen intently to words of knowledge.
Cross References
Exodus 22:22You must not take advantage of any widow or orphan.
Job 19:25I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.
Psalms 68:6God gives those who are abandoned a family to live with. He sets prisoners free with celebration. But those who rebel live in a desert wasteland.
Jeremiah 50:33This is what the Lord Almighty says: The people of Israel and Judah are being mistreated. All who captured them are holding onto them, refusing to let them go.
Jeremiah 51:36This is what the Lord says: Watch as I present your case for you and make your enemies pay for what they did to you. I'm going to dry up her river and her springs.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:11-12
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. Note, 1. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection; with him they not only find mercy shown to them ( Hos. xiv. 3 ) but justice done for them. He is their Redeemer, their Goël, their near kinsman, that will take their part and stand up for them with jealousy, as taking himself affronted in the injuries done to them. As their Redeemer he will plead… Read the whole commentary →